Under-the-radar Patriots staffer highlighted ahead of NFL Draft

FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 11: A detail view of the New England Patriots logo painted on the field in Gillette Stadium prior to an NFL wild card playoff football game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images) | Getty Images While the NFL Draft in itself is usually pretty straight forward — one player after the other gets picked — the process leading up to is quite complex. Scouts spend more than a year diving into prospects; there are visits, meetings and workouts; every player gets tested scrupulously both athletically as well as mentally and physically.

The goal is clear: to find the best players to add to a team’s roster, in any way, shape or form. To do so, teams conduct arguably the most in-depth job interviews in all of sports. In the process of those, multiple data points are being collected.

Height, weight, age, background, film, you name it. And out of all of the information available, decisions on draft day will have to be made. Before cards can get handed in, however, teams need to put all of it together This is where analytics comes in.

And, in the New England Patriots’ case, Max Mulitz. Mulitz joined the Patriots last summer as personnel analytics coordinator. What this means was explained by executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf earlier this week.